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JULY 2021
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JULY 10 ELECTION RESULTS OF THE 51ST SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE GENERAL OFFICERS Elected by unanimous ballot cast by general secretary as set forth in Rule 24 (c)
GENERAL SECRETARY/CIO 210 Cooper, Sr., Jeffery B.
HISTORIOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP, EDITOR OF AME REVIEW 220 Brown, Teresa L. Fry
PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER, SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION 230 Belin, Roderick Dwayne
EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER 240 Thomas, John III
DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 250 Pierce, Garland F.
JUDICIAL COUNCIL ALTERNATE – CLERGY (4) 330 Cooper, Jeffery B. II 331 Williams, Jimmie III
JUDICIAL COUNCIL ALTERNATE – LAY (4) 340 Crawford, Monice
TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 745 required 260 Eldridge, Darwin 261 Henderson, Marcus
273 1205
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL WITNESS AND MINISTRY 1st Ballot 759 Required 270 Campbell, William M. 271 Cooper, Karla J. 272 Green, John 273 Sidberry-Thomas, Sheila 274 Spencer, Monica
397 140 653 102 225
The following candidates withdrew from the race and offered support for — The Rev. Dr. Karla Cooper offered support to the Rev. Dr. John Green — The Rev. Sheila Sidberry-Thomas offered support to the Rev. Dr. William Campbell — The Rev. Dr. Monica Spencer offered support to the Rev. Dr. William Campbell 2nd Ballot 760 Required 270 Campbell, William M. 272 Green, John
716 803
AME DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SERVICES 745 required 280 Brown, Clinton 281 Griffin, Mark 282 Miller, James 283 Thompson, Taylor
34 443 933 79
CHURCH GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) 1st Ballot 745 required 290 Crutcher, Mark 291 Hampton, Dennis J. 292 Lee, Anthony L. 293 Mayes, Terence L., Sr. 294 Norris, Marcellus 295 Worthen, Carlton
238 32 445 196 500 95
The following candidates withdrew from the race and offered support for their chosen candidate — The Rev. Carlton Worthen offered support to the Rev. Marcellus Norris, the Rev. Dr. Francine Brookins, and the Rev. Dr. Vernon Byrd — The Rev. Mark Crutcher offered support to the Rev. Marcellus Norris — The Rev. Terence L Mayes, Sr. offered support to the Rev. Marcellus Norris
2nd Ballot 748 Required 291 Hampton, Dennis J. 292 Lee, Anthony L. 294 Norris, Marcellus
43 698 754
JUDICIAL COUNCIL Clergy Vacancies (2) 756 Required 310 Augustine, Jonathan C. 1132 311 Golden, James T. 310 312 Green, O. Jerome 1009 313 Hodges, Glenda 317 JUDICIAL COUNCIL LAY VACANCY (1) 767 required for election 320 Champ, Sandra 403 321 Hyche, Ida 282 322 Ngubeni, Thabile 849 OFFICE OF BISHOP Round 1 794 needed Beaman, Silvester S. 1014 #139 Elected Bishop of the AME Church Bell, Michael 196 Brookins, Francine A. 603 ...continued on p30
